Blackberry Playbook: What the Reviewers Are Saying

NakedValue submits:
Research in Motion (RIMM), the maker of the popular Blackberry smart phones, released the company's first tablet to mixed reviews. The general consensus seems to be that despite positive opinions about the new ONX based proprietary tablet operating system, the Playbook is still an incomplete tablet that isn't ready for direct competition with Apple's (AAPL) iPad.
Here are some highlights from Walt Mossberg's Review:The Good

I really liked the user interface of the new operating system, which is based on software RIM bought called QNX. It’s smooth and fast, and makes excellent use of multitouch gestures.

The screen is beautiful, even though it has a lower resolution than the iPad. And the cameras are better than the iPad’s.

The Bad

Unlike the iPad, which can run almost all of the 350,000 iPhone apps, the PlayBook can’t run any of the 27,000 BlackBerry apps. It will launch with only about

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